Publications

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Urgent call for assistance
03/2025
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, intensified violence pepetrated by non-state armed groups is occurring at the start of harvests and of the lean season, disrupting agricultural production and the supply chain, and leading to food shortages and soaring prices.

South Sudan: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025
03/2025
One in two people in South Sudan will experience food insecurity during the country’s lean season (April–July). Climate shocks, conflict and insecurity, economic downturn and the spillover effects of the conflict in the Sudan are the key drivers of this crisis.

Bangladesh: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 11
03/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the eleventh-round assessment conducted in September and October 2024 in Bangladesh.

Syrian Arab Republic: Emergency and Recovery Plan of Action 2025–2027 - Living document (as of 1 March 2025)
03/2025
After nearly 14 years of conflict, the Syrian Arab Republic faces a severe humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 16.7 million people in need of assistance and 14.5 million food insecure.

Mali: Emergency and Resilience plan 2025-2028 - Plan overview (In French)
03/2025
This is an overview of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Plan 2025-2028 which is designed to support vulnerable communities towards sustainable resilience through interventions tailored to their specific levels of vulnerability.

Yemen: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025
03/2025
Conflict, economic crisis and recurrent climate shocks continue to erode rural livelihoods in Yemen. Dependent on imports for almost all of its wheat and rice, Yemen is highly vulnerable to supply disruptions.

Mali: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2025-2028 (In French)
03/2025
FAO's Emergency and Resilience Plan 2025-2028 is designed to support vulnerable communities towards sustainable resilience through interventions tailored to their specific levels of vulnerability.

Lebanon: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 8
03/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the eighth-round assessment conducted in November and December 2024 in Lebanon.

Haiti: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 6
03/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the sixth-round assessment conducted in June and July 2024 in Haiti.

Guatemala: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025
03/2025
Guatemala’s humanitarian crisis is mainly driven by climate-induced disruptions to agricultural production and increased human mobility.

Niger: Humanitarian Response Plan 2025
03/2025
The Niger continues to face a complex humanitarian crisis, mainly due to civil insecurity, severe flooding and spillover effects from the conflicts in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria, including cross-border population movements.

The Plurinational State of Bolivia: Project Highlights - OSRO/BOL/058/BEL (In French)
03/2025
Anticipatory actions to mitigate the impact of agricultural drought on the Bolivian Altiplano Belgium, through the SFERA anticipatory actions window, funded USD 344 412 to FAO's project entitled "Anticipatory actions to mitigate the impacts of agricultural drought on the Bolivian Altiplano".

Türkiye: Project Highlights - OSRO/TUR/011/GER
03/2025
The Government of Germany contributed USD 1 060 090 to restore the livelihoods and food security of 5 490 households in the earthquake-affected Adıyaman and Hatay provinces in Türkiye.

Mali: Project Highlights - OSRO/MLI/073/FRA (In French)
03/2025
France funded EUR 500 000 for FAO's project entitled “Addressing the emergency food and nutrition crisis for displaced populations and host communities in the northern and central regions of Mali".

Central African Republic: Humanitarian Response Plan 2025
03/2025
In the Central African Republic, decades of armed conflict and violence, combined with climate shocks and widespread poverty, have resulted in a prolonged food crisis.

Mozambique: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025
03/2025
Over 80 percent of people in Mozambique depend on agriculture for survival. In Cabo Delgado, relentless conflict and climate shocks have shattered lives and livelihoods.

Somalia: Project Highlights - OSRO/SOM/003/ITA
03/2025
The Government of the Republic of Italy, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, contributed USD 6 805 279 (EUR 6 million) to the FAO project, "HirshabelleResilient Riverine Agriculture Project (HRRAP)", which was implemented from 19 October 2020 to 19 October 2024.

Somalia: Project Highlights - UTF/SOM/067/SOM
03/2025
The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the World Bank contributed USD 13 177 000 to the FAO project , "Anticipatory action and early response support to drought-affected communities in Somaliland, Puntland, Galmudug and Southwest State", which was implemented from 1 July 2022 to 20 May 2024.

The Sudan: Urgent call for assistance
03/2025
As it enters its third year of conflict, the Sudan continues to face one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises and the largest internal displacement crisis. Over half of the Sudan’s population is acutely food insecure, marking the highest level of hunger in the country’s history.

West Africa and the Sahel: Resilience Programme 2024–2030
03/2025
In the last decade, food insecurity levels in West Africa and the Sahel have significantly worsened. According to the latest Cadre Harmonisé (CH) analyses, the number of acutely food-insecure people (CH Phase 3 or above) has risen from 10.7 million in 2020 to 38.1 million in March 2024.